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Remove Old Cooktop

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INSTALLING ELECTRIC COOKTOP. DIY Range or Stove Top Installation Instructions.

What happens here

After disconnecting the electrical wires, the cooktop is ready to be removed. Many cooktops are simply seated in the counter opening, while others may have clamps that need to be unscrewed (often with wing nuts) from underneath. In this case, there were no clamps. Have a second person assist you as cooktops can be awkward to lift, even if they're not extremely heavy. Carefully lift the cooktop straight up and out of the counter opening, ensuring the flexible conduit is fully freed. If the old cooktop has a cracked ceramic top, be cautious of loose glass pieces.

Goal: Physically remove the old cooktop from the counter

Tools and materials

  • Safety GlovesProtecting hands from sharp edges if the cooktop is cracked

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right out of here. So, here's a closer look at our electrical connection box right here and the conduit that's coming out of the cook top that we just got to disconnect right here. So, these wire nuts, all they do, they're just got three red wire nuts. They just unscrew pretty simply. Got some electrical tape wrapped around them. Just going to take this electrical tape off. So, I got these connections all in connected now. It's just three simple wire nut connections. Couple screws. Now, this thing could actually lift out. This There are some clamps that actually hold these cooktops in, and they just unscrew. They're like wing nuts. This one didn't have any clamps on it holding it in. It was just setting in this um space right here. So now we can actually just lift it out. We're going to show you lifting this thing out now. So now here's our cook top. We're just going to close these doors right here. And now this thing these things are actually pretty light and they lift out pretty easily. Good idea to have two people lift this thing out. And so we're going to lift this one out. It's got a cracked top on it. So, there's some pieces of glass that might fall out, but let's just get our hands underneath it. And you might you might have to use some type of tool to get underneath it. You don't want to use a sharp tool that might crack it if you're don't want it to break any further. This one's already broken, so we're not worried about it. So, now we're just going to lift this thing out. Here's our connection. Just grab our connection. Set it aside. This thing's extremely light. I think it's probably no more than maybe 20 lb. So, now we're just going to move this thing out of the way and get our new one to reinstall.

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